Bureaucratic Thaw

Bureaucratic Thaw

These architectural investigations take the fabric of the United Nations building in New York and peel away at it, drawing through moments in the organisation's history, places and architectural intersections, and through the daily machinations of the bureaucratic malaise, revealing a new propositional order behind the space.

A sculpture made from HVAC fixtures and asbestos isolation tape hanging in the public lobby commemorating the refurbishment of the UN Building

A ceiling installation in the Secretary General's banquet room inspired by the UN Oil-for-food scandal.

Environmental and air conditioning systems respond to the climate of the delegates.